What the world's religious landscape will look like in 2100

[McBell]

Rather you like to pick and chose small passages in the Bible that are not congruent with modern Western life, and ignore the vast wisdom of so much else said in the Bible that is fully applicable to modern society. Any work that was written 2000 years ago is going to have incongruities with modern life, what is amazing is how much is applicable to modern life, not the parts that aren't.

Interesting how you promote the same "count the hits, ignore the misses" you accuse shadow wolf of....

 

[Corthos]

This reminds me of future predictions from the past... Apparently robot servants and flying cars are supposed to be what we are all using now...

Or we are supposed to live in space...

 

[paarsurrey]

This reminds me of future predictions from the past... Apparently robot servants and flying cars are supposed to be what we are all using now...

Or we are supposed to live in space...

I don't get you exactly from your words that I have coloured in magenta. Please elaborate.
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[paarsurrey]

Rather you like to pick and chose small passages in the Bible that are not congruent with modern Western life, and ignore the vast wisdom of so much else said in the Bible that is fully applicable to modern society. Any work that was written 2000 years ago is going to have incongruities with modern life, what is amazing is how much is applicable to modern life, not the parts that aren't.

The first three of the Ten Commandments form the core teachings of Moses or Judaism and are definitely still valid and applicable to the West. The rest are not the core teachings, but they did support the core teachings of Moses' times, a tribal society.
It should be remembered that in those times the statues (carved images) were made most of the time for worshipping, but now as a piece of art, it is therefore not forbidden in that sense.
I agree with you.
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[paarsurrey]

What the world's religious landscape will look like in 2100
I cannot say as to what will look like in 2100 exactly to the religions. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1835-1908 did prophesy on a word from G-d the scenario of 2203:

“Harken, all ye people. This is a prophecy of Him Who had created heaven and earth. He will spread this Community of His in all countries and will make it supreme over all, through reason and arguments. The days are coming, indeed they are near, when this will be the only religion which will be held in honour. God will bestow extraordinary blessings on this religion and .Movement. He will frustrate everyone who seeks to destroy it. This supremacy will last till the Judgment Day.
Remember, that no one will descend from heaven. All our opponents who are alive today will die and no one will see Jesus son of Mary descending from heaven. Then their next generation will pass away and no one of them will see this spectacle. Then the generation next after that will pass away without seeing the son of Mary descending from heaven. Then God will make them anxious that though the time of the supremacy of the cross had passed away and the world had undergone great changes, yet the son of Mary had not descended from heaven. Then the wise people will suddenly discard this belief. The third century after today will not yet have come to a close when those who hold this belief, whether Muslims or Christians, will lose all hope and will give up this belief in disgust. There will then be only one religion that will prevail in the world and only one leader. I have come only to sow the seed, which has been sown by my hand. Now it will sprout and grow and flourish and no one can arrest its growth" [Tazkaratush Shadatain,pp. 64-5]. By Mirza Ghualm Ahmad Published in 1903​

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With the corrections for comments, please.
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[Corthos]

I don't get you exactly from your words that I have coloured in magenta. Please elaborate.
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In other words, we as a species are terrible at predicting what will happen in the distant future... Especially when we set a date/timeline. =)

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I didn't realize the Japanese also had "Jetsons" like predictions of the future.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The first three of the Ten Commandments form the core teachings of Moses or Judaism and are definitely still valid and applicable to the West.

In the West we are allowed to worship whatever god we want, how many ever we want, or none at all. We can make all the idols and images we want, and there are no laws against taking the Lord's name in vein. We often work during the Sabbath, we are not required to honor our mother or father, there are no laws against sex outside of marriage, we can be as envious as we want to be, lying is only illegal when any aspect of the legal/judiciary system is involved, and the other two are just a given and if you need a god or religion to tell you they are wrong you have some serious issues.

 

[viole]

By 2100, Muslims will outnumber Christians globally, Pew believe.
"By the year 2100, about 1 per cent more of the world’s population would be Muslim (35 per cent) than Christian (34 per cent)," the authors wrote.
According to the Pew Research Centre, the religiously unaffiliated - referring to atheists, agnostics and other people who do not identify with a religion - are declining as a share of the population.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ligious-landscape-will-look-like-in-2050.html
All Theists (Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Jews, Christians, Muslims etc.) and Atheists (all shades of Atheism, Agnosticism, Skepticism, Humanism, New Atheism, Anti-Theism etc.) are welcome to comment.

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I am not sure what your point is. There was a time when believers in Jesus outnumbered believers in Jupiter to eventually replace them.

So?

Ciao

- viole

 

[Corthos]

I didn't realize the Japanese also had "Jetsons" like predictions of the future.

Most people honestly felt that the present day would be like that back then.... Even back in the late 1800s they predicted robot servants. XD they didn't understand the complexities of AI, or the intricacies of mechanical manipulation robots would need back then... Robot servants are FINALLY beginning to be realized, but are still FAR from practical. Flying cars?... well...

 

[paarsurrey]

In other words, we as a species are terrible at predicting what will happen in the distant future... Especially when we set a date/timeline. =)

2203 is not a distant future. And it is no terrible as it will happen through peaceful dialogue and convincing one mind and soul.
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[paarsurrey]

It is easy to guess by one seeing spread of Ahmadiyya reformed Islam in the world in about 100 years very peacefully.
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[LuisDantas]

Most people honestly felt that the present day would be like that back then.... Even back in the late 1800s they predicted robot servants. XD they didn't understand the complexities of AI, or the intricacies of mechanical manipulation robots would need back then... Robot servants are FINALLY beginning to be realized, but are still FAR from practical. Flying cars?... well...

Then again there are the purely economical and logistical considerations. Never mind flying cars, conventional cars are not all that practical either.

 

[LuisDantas]

It is easy to guess by one seeing spread of Ahmadiyya reformed Islam in the world in about 100 years very peacefully.
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Easy to guess? I don't think so.

Islam is indeed spreading, which means that it will eventually have to deal with its own shortcomings. We all will.

How well can Islam adapt and survive when it becomes less of a mysterious, exotic minority that people mostly attempt to guess about due to lack of direct knowledge?

I really don't know. But if it does survive, it will have to change a lot of its attitude.

 

[paarsurrey]

Easy to guess? I don't think so.
Islam is indeed spreading, which means that it will eventually have to deal with its own shortcomings. We all will.
How well can Islam adapt and survive when it becomes less of a mysterious, exotic minority that people mostly attempt to guess about due to lack of direct knowledge?
I really don't know. But if it does survive, it will have to change a lot of its attitude.

That is the reason of reformation movement.
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